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With
the retirement of Judge Christian, the citizens of Bosque County will be
electing a new judge of the Bosque County Court at Law on November 6th. The Republican candidate, Luke Giesecke, is
an attorney living in Meridian with his wife, Meghann, and two daughters. He is a trial lawyer and, as such, is in the
courtroom almost daily. For the last six
years he has handled the following types of cases: All levels of criminal defense, from traffic
tickets to first degree felonies; CPS cases; juvenile delinquency; child
custody; child support; adoptions; and civil cases. These are the exact types of cases heard
by the presiding Judge in the Bosque County Court at Law. In fact, over the
last six years, he has had extensive experience practicing in this very court
and has never been without an open case in it. However, in
addition to being a trial lawyer, he is also a small-town attorney and will
often represent clients in many other types of non-litigation matters.

The Democratic
Candidate, John Hastings, has owned and operated the Bosque Cen-Tex Title
Company in Meridian for the last 33 years.
Despite all evidence to the contrary, he believes that the Bosque County
Court at Law is expensive and unnecessary. He has promised three things. If elected:

1. He will “defund and permanently close”
the Bosque County Court at Law..

2. He will “not accept any salary or other
pecuniary gain.”

3. He will “not take any action that is
not absolutely necessary for the formal abolition” of the Bosque County Court
at Law.

Every promise listed
above that John has made is either impossible or illegal for him to
fulfill. The Bosque County Court at Law
cannot be “defunded” as it is created by statute. There is a process to shutting down a court
created by statute, and the judge of that court has absolutely no role in any
part of that process. In fact, the judge
has no more say in whether a court is created or abolished than any average
concerned citizen. Just as the court is
created by statute, the salary of the judge is mandated by statute and the
judge cannot legally refuse to accept it.
If John is elected and refuses to fulfill his duties as judge, he will
be violating at least 18 laws, many of which are grounds for removal from
office, and a new judge appointed. Not
only is John incorrect on the means to doing away with the court, he is wrong
about our county’s need for it. The cost
to the county to have this court is minimal and the benefits far outweigh any
cost. Just a few of those benefits are: A lawyer judge familiar with the rules of
evidence and procedure presiding over cases instead of a non-lawyer county
judge, relieving some of the caseload of the overburdened district court,
quicker resolution of cases resulting in more fines and fees collected and fewer
people sitting in jail, and more efficient processing of criminals which keeps
our community safe.

Luke is, and has
always been, a conservative. As such, he
supports limited government, but expects that limited government to be
efficient. He supports law enforcement
and doing the things that are needed to enable them to keep our families and
communities safe. He supports Bosque
County and the people of this county. He
has the knowledge, skills, and experience to fill this role and work together
with our existing county officials to accomplish all of these things. He is looking forward to continue to serve
our community as the judge of the Bosque County Court at Law.

We must all come out and support Luke
Giesecke

with our votes on November 6th!

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